adoxography
n. fine writing on a trivial subject
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fysigunkus
n. one who lacks curiosity
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gamomania
n. an urge to make extravagant wedding proposals
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engastration
n. the act of stuffing one bird into another
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curglaff
n. the shock felt on plunging into cold water
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cingulomania
n. a desire to hold another in one’s arms
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basorexia
n. a craving to kiss
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vernalagnia
adj. heightened sexual desire in the springtime
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zenzizenzizenzic
n. a number raised to the eighth power
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aidle
v. “to earn one’s bread indifferently well”
(Charles Mackay, Lost Beauties of the English Language, 1874)
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mislive
v. to lead a wicked life